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MCHS
THIS WEEK IN INDIANAPOLIS
1925
news stories & adverts from one hundred years ago
Compiled by Steve Barnett
Ads & Illustrations clipped by Carl Bates


Radio Exposition Ends, Pronounced Complete Success
From The Indianapolis Star , Sunday, September 27, 1925: The first Indianapolis radio exposition signed off last night after a successful week. More than 45,000 visitors ambled about the exhibit booths at Cadle Tabernacle since the doors opened Monday evening. Herbert Luckey, president of the Broadcast Listeners Association, said exhibitors transacted over $100,000 ( 2024 : $1,826,571) in radio business during the show. While Jerry Peter, a representative of the Radio Co
Sep 26


Stephenson Heads Defiant Klansmen
From The Indianapolis Star, Tuesday, May 13, 1924:Â Ku Klux Klan representatives from ninety-one Indiana county Klan councils, meeting...
May 12, 2024


Federal Control of Schools Urge by Wizard of Klan
From The Indianapolis Star, Thursday, February 14, 1924:Â Before a crowded Cadle Tabernacle last night, Hiram Evans, Ku Klux Klan...
Feb 14, 2024


Views Expressed on Race Problem
From The Indianapolis News, Tuesday, January 1, 1924:Â Equality of opportunity for all races and opposition to war as a denial of...
Jan 1, 2024
Bulgin Handed $600 by Klan
From The Indianapolis Star, Monday, April 2, 1923: Last evening during the service being conducted by Rev. Dr. Ellwood Bulgin before a...
Apr 1, 2023
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